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Most of us are happily free to choose the identities we want rather than have one forced upon us. And we can choose multiple identities - European, UK, British, Scottish, Nordic and Orcadian, say - and express them all at the same time if we want.
  
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:::: -- [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-31946436 BBC News]
  
== Getting started ==
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==[[FHB Intro|Family History Book: Introduction]]==
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: The intro explains the methodology used in organizing this book.
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: Each chapter includes the story of one family line and (eventually) a partial family tree (for context)
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: ''At this time, only the chapter on the [[FHB Watson|Watson]] family is close to complete. This site is a work in progress, so check back for more in future.''
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==[[FHB Tree|FHB Family Tree]]==
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: Because research will always continue, this family tree will also continue to grow. So, instead of including the whole tree in this book, I will link to my Ancestry.com tree as the canonical version. However, an abbreviated version in outline form will be included in the book to provide context and easy reference to the main chapters' trees.
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Latest revision as of 20:05, 10 October 2025

Most of us are happily free to choose the identities we want rather than have one forced upon us. And we can choose multiple identities - European, UK, British, Scottish, Nordic and Orcadian, say - and express them all at the same time if we want.

Meanwhile every one of us remains 100% human.

-- BBC News

Family History Book: Introduction

The intro explains the methodology used in organizing this book.

FHB Table of Contents

Each chapter includes the story of one family line and (eventually) a partial family tree (for context)
At this time, only the chapter on the Watson family is close to complete. This site is a work in progress, so check back for more in future.